‘Get The Hawk Outta Here’ is scheduled to launch Thursday, June 26th, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1. The client is HawkEye 360, a radio frequency geospatial analytics provider based in Virginia.
The forecast calls for a temperature of 59°F, overcast clouds, 100% cloud cover and a wind speed of 22mph.
The mission will deploy four satellites for HawkEye 360: a trio of microsats to collect and geolocate radio frequency signals from around the world, and Kestrel-0A, an experimental satellite designed to evaluate emerging capabilities and future technology enhancements. The three satellites comprising HawkEye 360’s Cluster 12 will operate in a dawn-to-dusk polar orbit — filling a critical coverage gap and enhancing the company’s ability to extract RF intelligence in regions of strategic interest. The launch cost is $6 Million.
‘Get The Hawk Outta Here’ is the second of three missions on Electron in a multi-launch contract to build out HawkEye 360’s constellation. The first mission in January 2023, ‘Virginia Is For Launch Lovers,’ deployed HawkEye’s Cluster 6 satellites to orbit on Electron’s inaugural launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 in Virginia.
All of HawkEye 360’s satellites launching on Electron are deployed from Rocket Lab’s own Lightband satellite separation system.
HawkEye 360 is a a space-based civil global intelligence satellite network using radio frequency (RF) technology to help monitor transportation across air, land and sea and assist with emergencies, and to provide civil SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) mission.
The constellation of small satellites (named Hawk) will collect information on specific radio signals worldwide to provide high-precision radio frequency mapping and analytics from Low Earth orbit (LEO).
Three of the satellites will comprise HawkEye 360’s Cluster 12 and will
operate in a dawn-to-dusk polar orbit, while the 4th is Kestrel-0A, an experimental satellite designed to evaluate emerging capabilities and future technology enhancements.
